J.S217 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 3 Months to go till Me and SCB experience Europa Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 I miss this place and their crazy 4/5 train operations, itsHurtingMeInside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 How dare Europa only open a ride for 11 hours and close it early! Â Â Guess they should stop extending their hours so they don't have to close it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Europa's waterpark will begin building work in August! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPGG Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Hey guys! Â I'm going to Europa for a short break of 2 full park days in April and am wondering what the best choice is for a hotel? Are the on-site hotels much more expensive than off-site ones and are they worth it? Â Anybody have any recommendations? Not looking for anything fancy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Stay on site, because they're all fab... Â Just pick one, there's no wrong answer when choosing an Europa hotel (except the camping one)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 I'm no expert but if your after the full Europa experience, go for a Europa Park hotel like Bell Rock or Collesseo [there's 4 in total]. Â Failing that, there's the camping resort for a cheape option. There's also lots of hotels and BnB's in the surrounding village [Rust] which most aren't more than 15 minutes walking for a cheaper option. It may be worth looking at sites like Tripadvisor, Expedia and boooking.com for more info. Â If you're just after a cheap trip, go for the latter option as you are still allowed in the main hotel complex after hours too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 I am a big advocate of the Europa park hotels, they give you a true resort experience. Â Have a look at the dates you are going for Bell rock and see if they have an economy room going if you want to save a few quid. the only difference with these rooms is that you don't get a view, it's literally a brick wall outside your window. Â They also do these at Coloseo but the rooms are right under the bar so could get noisy! Â I understand all the B&B's in the area are of an excellent standard, you can find one easily through booking.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPGG Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Thanks for this, I'll probably stay off-site if the hotels are only 15 min walk from the park! Â What's the best thing to do in terms of tickets, buy straight from Europa website or is there a better option for a two-day pass? Â Also, I'm aware that at port Aventura the fast-pass is good value, is it like that at Europa and would it be worth it in mid-April? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 I booked mine online and was pretty straight forward. Europa don't do fast passes. Everyone is treated the same and has to queue which is a plus. Throughputs are high so you move through queues pretty quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 Europa don't do fast passes. Everyone is treated the same  L7123456, Coaster and Matt 236 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPGG Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 I'm looking at going 19th and 20th April - is this a busy period/will everything likely be open? Â Any recommendations for close, cheap off-site accomodation? Â Also, I'm flying into Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden airport (64km away from park), what's the best/cheapest way to get to the park from there? Â Finally, is the best way to get a two-day ticket online or on the gate or through a third party? Â Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mitchada04 Posted April 26, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Wow. Europa Park is how you run a park! Extended openings till 7 when the longest queue is like 20 minutes, throughputs meaning your queue barely stops moving, rides hidden all over the place and so many shows! Such an impressive park all round. The areas have animatronics just dotted about, my favourite being the fisherman in Scandinavia who sets fire to his house. I'll try and get a full trip report written up in the next week, but a small review. Silver Star: Decent, best bit for me is the ending s bend, the up down bit did nothing for me. Eurosat: Just what. Bonkers, shame we have X Euromir: Another just what. Wasn't a big fan due to the backwards nature. Matterhorn: Standard, cool queue though Poseidon: Really liked this, probably my guilty pleasure! Pegasus: short but sweet Alpenexpress: Brilliant surprise, great gem Arthur: Incredible family dark ride/coaster thing Atlantica Supersplash: Not a lot going for it Blue Fire: More in the world please, Mack Megacoasters everywhere. Such a smooth ride with some great elements Wodan: Loved it! The whole indoor queue is incredible, really sets the tone and the ride is great. Shows were all good, apart from the odd smoking bubble magic one, really cool parade and the opening and closing show are good fun. Various dark rides are good, bench is just well, bench. The rest are cool. Operations impeccable. On Sunday, park was pretty quiet and open till 7:30, about 5:30 a huge hail storm hit literally emptying the park giving us 3 rerides on Blue Fire back row. They had taken Wodan and Silver Star down to one train as they expected it to stay empty. Wodan started getting a queue (only ride to always seemingly have one) so they added the second train back on. It's funny, their operations aren't really any different as they still have baggage holds in the station and stuff, just the staff are always on the ball and not jabbering away to each other. And no fastrack really helps the queues move better. Ryan, Coaster, David B and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S217 Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 I loved this park so much the shows where great, The rides where brilliant the shows where great except the odd bubble show Coastiality was amazing on Alpine express. and there is so much to do the parks amazing. It is a definite park to revisit over a few years. David B and alexander 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 "Wodan started getting a queue (only ride to always seemingly have one)" ...as it should! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Adding a second train if the queue builds?   That's an alien concept around here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S217 Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 1 minute ago, Coaster Jamie said: Adding a second train if the queue builds?   That's an alien concept around here! It wasn't exactly building it was like 3 trains wait in the station and about a train about to board so its like they don't want queues at all go EUROPA PARK. Coaster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Just now, J.S217 said: It wasn't exactly building it was like 3 trains wait in the station and about a train about to board so its like they don't want queues at all go EUROPA PARK. You better have loved Wodan... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S217 Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Just now, ItsHurtingMeInside said: You better have loved Wodan... Oh it was crazy loved it alexander 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 2 hours ago, J.S217 said: Oh it was crazy loved it I'm expecting your 'favourite ride' section to change shortly. Celia Mae and Matt 236 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 That didn't take long. Everyone succumbs to Europa Park in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 J.S217 Favourite ride:Wodan MachoMachine, CharlieN, Matt 236 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Users Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 6 hours ago, Mitchada04 said: Operations impeccable. On Sunday, park was pretty quiet and open till 7:30, about 5:30 a huge hail storm hit literally emptying the park giving us 3 rerides on Blue Fire back row. They had taken Wodan and Silver Star down to one train as they expected it to stay empty. Wodan started getting a queue (only ride to always seemingly have one) so they added the second train back on. It's funny, their operations aren't really any different as they still have baggage holds in the station and stuff, just the staff are always on the ball and not jabbering away to each other. And no fastrack really helps the queues move better. Glad you had a good time. It's a great park which is enjoyable just to be in. The staff are very fast. It also does help that the park is a showcase for Mack and as such the rides are designed to have (in general) minimal amount of fuss operationally. I think Mack requested seatbeltless Wodan trains for this reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Can't wait to visit here for the first time [amongst others] in just over a month. Wodan looks amazing, like the rest of the park.  Out of interest, does anyone know when Ireland is supposed to be opening as it still looks quite a way from completion currently. David B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pognoi Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 'spring'. So should be done by the end of may with any luck. And the rate Europa do stuff that shouldn't be a problem. Although I personally don't see much reason to visit that area as it's designed for toddlers and kiddy winks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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